Katal 2023 Stewardship Letter
January 8, 2024 Friends, For Katal, entering 2024 feels a bit like being shot out of a cannon. The challenges ahead are daunting. The world is going through convulsions. And for many people in the United States, the upcoming national elections are a source of increasing anxiety. Even as we remain focused on the local […]
RELEASE: Community Groups, Impacted People, and Families Rally to Protect Bail Reform and Close Rikers
**PRESS RELEASE** February 28, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #CutShutInvestNY #CloseRikers | @katalcenter Community Groups, Impacted People, and Families Rally to Protect Bail Reform and Close Rikers Governor Hochul’s Retrograde to Rollback Bail Reform will Send More Legally Innocent People To Rikers, Most of Whom are Black, Brown, and Low-Income, and […]
PRESS RELEASE – Rikers is in Crisis Rally 11.17.22
**PRESS RELEASE** November 17, 2022 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 | yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #CutShutInvestNY #CloseRikers | @katalcenter People Impacted by Rikers, with Elected Officials and Community Groups, Rally Outside of the Courthouse in Support of the Federal Takeover and Demand Closure of Rikers Island Humanitarian Crisis on Rikers Grows after 18th Death this Year […]
Press Release: 1-Year Anniversary of Less Is More
**PRESS RELEASE** September 20, 2022 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 – yonah@katalcenter.org Follow online: #LessIsMoreNY • www.lessismoreny.org One-Year Anniversary: Less Is More Act Overhauled New York’s Parole System to Strengthen Reentry and Public Safety Families Reunited, Housing Secured, School and Job Options Expanded, and Much More for Tens of Thousands of New Yorkers Thanks […]
Thousands access faster freedom with ‘Less is More’
By: David Lombardo via the CapitolPress Room
Meet the ex-parolee released from supervision due to Less is More Act
by: Amal Elhelw via WROC ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — 8,000 parolees in New York State have been released from supervision as of March 31st. The Department of Corrections is calling it a “good faith measure” under the Less is More Act. The law was signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul last September, and aims to prevent people […]
Here and Now: Social activists discuss impact of ‘Less is More’ law
By Eyewitness News via abc7NY On this episode of Here and Now, social justice activists discuss the impact of the new “Less is More” law.NEW YORK (WABC) — On this episode of Here and Now, social justice activists discuss the impact of the new “Less is More” law. The “Less is More” law in New York […]
New York’s Less Is More Act: A Status Report on Implementation
This report addresses the following:
• A summary of the main provisions of the Less Is More Act
• Progress and challenges with respect to implementation so far
• Next steps and recommendations
Big Changes to Parole Are Here. How Will ‘Less is More’ Hold Up?
By Reuven Blau and Rachel Holliday Smith via The City For decades, New York state law allowed parole officers to toss people back into jail for low-level infractions like missing a curfew or having marijuana in their system. When it comes to jailing parolees across the nation, New York has been an outlier. The state returns more people […]
Press Release: Next Phase of Less Is More Parole Reform Act Takes Effect
Coalition Issues Status Report on Implementation—Progress Thus Far Includes Almost 1,500 People Released From Incarceration.
